"Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that."

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Denise Mina

#Sophisticated Quotes #Enough Quotes #Reader Quotes

“These boots were made for walking, that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.”
“No one will be offended if we tell them that they are good people who could be a little better. The offense comes when we tell them that they - and we - are ungodly people who cannot impress God or escape his tribunal. Until our preaching of the law has exposed our hearts and God's holiness at that profound level, our hearers will never flee to Christ alone for safety even if they come to us for advice.”

Source : Michael Horton (2008). “Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church”, p.130, Baker Books
“Sweeney: I can just see all you tough young soldiers cuddling together. Richard: Not cuddling, huddling. There's a difference.”
“Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.”
“There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.”
“Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.”
“Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case.”
“I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.”

Source : "Christian Lacroix: 'I am not nostalgic for the past'". Interview With Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.

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